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Having Codec Issues? Look here.
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Praetor
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14. December 2003 @ 11:34 |
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Gimme a couple days or so I'll try to have some configs posted up for ya
Eeeeeeeeeeeek.... I just tried out the DivX Total Pack 1.7 and I must say, maybe it works well, maybe it doesnt, I wont judge that (and I assume that it playes every movie Ive got and blah blah). The thingt hat gets to me is that it doesnt give me ANY control whatsoever on what I installing onto my computer. Furthermore, I need to reboot complete the installtion.
Even if it works well,, the lack of control over what exactly is getting installed is a definite turn off for me. Anyways, just my 2 cents.
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booty
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15. December 2003 @ 15:09 |
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understood. its more for people like novices and those who just want their videos to play and dont know what to install.
for a recap
Divx Total Pack works damn well
but comes with no options:)
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Praetor
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16. December 2003 @ 11:19 |
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Divx Total Pack works damn well
but comes with no options:)
1. Agreed it does work (i think)
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understood. its more for people like novices and those who just want their videos to play and dont know what to install.
2. Well that's the whole point of this guide :-)
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cretoide
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28. December 2003 @ 20:31 |
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Praetor,
I was having some problems with Xvid movies, and I strictly followed your step-by-step guide.
Now I keep having the same problem, WMP (8) sends an error every time I want to play the movie. The same happens using Divx Player and WMP 6.4.
GSpot tells me there are 4 compatible codecs installed:
XviD MPEG-4 Codec
FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
XviD MPEG-4 Video Decoder
3vix D4 Video Decoder
Can you think of any solutions?
I think this is because when I uninstalled everything some crap as dlls or something was left and is causing conflicts, don´t you think?
In this case, do you know a way to COMPLETELY uninstall everything?
Thank you very much.
Cretoide
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Praetor
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2. January 2004 @ 20:51 |
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In GSpot, load up the AVI file and click Render at the bottom, what is the Video path? Do you have any lucky playing the movie in say, VirtualDub?
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cretoide
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4. January 2004 @ 23:13 |
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Praetor,
I got kinda anxious and I finally could fix the problem.
I loaded GSpot, and went to ¨See Video Codecs¨ or something like that... well, the thing is that it told me all the dlls that were related to all codecs.
So I went to the system32 folder and deleted ALL the dlls the GSpot told me were codecs (I know this was a little risky, but anyway...) to complete uninstall EVERYTHING.
After this I followed your letter again, and now I´m able to see every Xvid and any movies.
Thank you for your help.
Cya
Cretoide
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Praetor
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6. January 2004 @ 14:33 |
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Awesome! (hehe, when i 'reinstall codecs' i format :P --- then again i'm crazy)
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schwaarz
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7. January 2004 @ 14:11 |
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nice one praetor the codec configuration works great!
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Praetor
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7. January 2004 @ 22:00 |
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Im glad I could help! :-D
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trentbe
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9. January 2004 @ 08:19 |
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Thanks you to all the people that gave advice. I had an issue with the audio being out of snyc with only some AVI files. I unistalled all codecs, then installed FFDShow, AC3 and the DIVX 5.1.1 Bundle..and all is working perfectly..So thanks again !!!
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Praetor
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9. January 2004 @ 09:36 |
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Woohoo! Another happy ending! :-)
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Kanzentai
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12. January 2004 @ 02:52 |
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When I try to play a certain AVI file, I get no audio and blocky video in Divx Player. I get "Unknown file format (XVID)" in BSPlayer. But it plays fine in Virtual Dub.
Gspot tells me I don't have the right audio codec, but in Virtual Dub the audio works and it tells me the following:
I installed everything according to the step by step process in the opening post.
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Praetor
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12. January 2004 @ 17:49 |
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XviD doesnt play in the DivX player. :-) The DivX player playes DivX files :-)
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code_red
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18. January 2004 @ 12:41 |
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will the nimo pack install gator, or any other adware/stealware/pop-upware? DIVX bundle is not an option for me, because gator is involved.
Code_Red
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slice16
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20. January 2004 @ 09:37 |
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I have installed all of the codecs, and i have captured some footage on teh college computers and brought it home, however wen i try to play the file, i hear the sound but i just see loads of colourful squares and no proper video can be seen, when i run the video thru GSpot it tells me the codec is installed... please help
-It wasnt me-
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Praetor
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21. January 2004 @ 12:52 |
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slice16 : When u render through GSpot, what is the render sequence?
code_red : no
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cretoide
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26. January 2004 @ 19:48 |
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Praetor,
I seem to have a problem with all Xvid and some Divx videos.
Of course i followed your guide to install codecs ;)
The problem is that the video freezes constantly (I have divx antifreeze 0.4), and if I switch to full screen it keeps going right for a few seconds and freezes again, and the same otherwise.
I think it's a WMP problem, because the Divx ones play right with Divx Player.
In this case, do you know of another good program that I can use to play Xvid files?
In case it's not the WMP, can you think of anything else?
Thank you veeeeeeery much.
Cretoide
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TacticalT
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26. January 2004 @ 20:54 |
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Praetor:
I followed your list to the T and there was only one item that I could not find, as the link indicated that it was not available (or something to that effect)
"11. Download AviFix. It serves a similar purpose to DivFix and between the both of them, you can fix most movies. You can grab it from http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avifix.html"
I tried a search for AviFix and the search engines all point to the same link you provided.
Any ideas where else we might grab AviFix or can we just leave it out?
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
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slice16
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26. January 2004 @ 21:45 |
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Praetor, its ok now, ive found out the problem, it isnt a codec issue, i needed to get the temporary files that were there two for it to work :), cheers for the help
-It wasnt me-
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Praetor
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31. January 2004 @ 09:01 |
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cretoide: (1) It might be WMP. DivX player is designed to play DivX movies whilst WMP is somewhat of a more general player (2) Open the movie up in VirtualDub, does it play okay there or does it chop and skip too? See if you can do an Video --> Scan for Errors on it.
TacticalT: AVIFixed isnt really needed to play movies (its more for troubleshooting/fixing). The link http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avifix.html works for me however if you really *really* want it, feel free to drop me ur email via PM and Ill send it to you.
slice16: Glad you got it workin! :-)
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cretoide
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1. February 2004 @ 12:15 |
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Praetor,
I used the Avic FourCC Changer and changed XVID to DIVX, and now it works okey.
It seems Divx movies are "similar" to Xvid.
Thank you anyway
Cretoide
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chiXu
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1. February 2004 @ 15:04 |
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Praetor...just like to say thanks for the guide, has sorted all my ever annoying viewing issues out. Thx! :D
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Praetor
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2. February 2004 @ 18:52 |
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cretoide: Sometimes for various reasons both innocent and nuisence, FourCCs get changed like that hehe
chiXu: No problem :-)
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goettchen
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3. February 2004 @ 12:35 |
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Why not just simply use the Videolan VLC player instead of going through the codec hassle? I could play all video files using VLC in the past. Just my 2 cents.
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Praetor
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3. February 2004 @ 19:21 |
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Because (1) Not everybody knows about VLC, (2) Not everyone WANTS VLC and (3) Some people actually like codecs.
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